Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nahtāną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *nahts (“night”) +‎ *-āną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑx.tɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nahtāną

1. to become night

Inflection

Conjugation of *nahtāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nahtō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*nahtaisi	?	*nahtai	*nahtāsai	?
3rd singular	*nahtaiþi	?	*nahtāþau	*nahtāþai	?
1st dual	*nahtōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nahtāþiz	?	*nahtāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nahtāmaz	?	—	*nahtānþai	?
2nd plural	*nahtaiþ	?	*nahtaiþ	*nahtānþai	?
3rd plural	*nahtānþi	?	*nahtānþau	*nahtānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nahtadǭ	*nahtadēdį̄
2nd singular	*nahtadēz	*nahtadēdīz
3rd singular	*nahtadē	*nahtadēdī
1st dual	*nahtadēdū	*nahtadēdīw
2nd dual	*nahtadēdudiz	*nahtadēdīdiz
1st plural	*nahtadēdum	*nahtadēdīm
2nd plural	*nahtadēdud	*nahtadēdīd
3rd plural	*nahtadēdun	*nahtadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*nahtāndz	*nahtadaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *nahtēn
  • Old English: nihtian
    • Middle English: nighten
  • Old Dutch: *nahton
    • Middle Dutch: *nachten
      • Dutch: nachten (scarcely attested in early modern Dutch)
  • Old High German: nahtēn
    • Middle High German: nachten
      • German: nachten
• Old Norse: nátta
  • Icelandic: nátta